. >> this is a time for an investment in cities. not a time to hurt those families in those cities. and congress needs to act immediately. >> voters on this country spoke loudly and clearly on the president's platform in november. he said exactly what he was going to do that. >> you're a longtime mayor of minneapolis, what kind of long-term impact do you see on the city-level if no deal is reached here? >> we'll see a number of things. starting in my city, the headquarters of target and headquarters of best buy, we're going to see a huge challenge, big companies and on main street on our small businesses. the taxes on those small business owners will be raised. the taxes on those who spend money in those businesses will be raised. it will slow sales. it already has. an inaction by congress is already the grinch that's stealing christmas. what we need to do is recognize that on main streets across this country, big cities and small, the impact of inaction is happening. so while they're playing this sort of parlor game in washington about whose blame it is, everybody out here is suffe